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USA v Ghana and Overall World Cup TV Ratings So Far

According to Nielsen, the USA v Ghana World Cup match pulled a 2.6 rating and 3.819 million viewers on ESPN, making it the #7 Cable TV program for the week of June 19th. Not too shabby considering it was on between 7AM and 10AM on a weekday across the country. Via MultiChannel News:

"ESPN officials said [...]

Make Your Predictions For The Group of Iron (E)

Group E has surprised a lot of people, and while it isn’t the only group with much uncertainty entering Match #3, tomorrow will be an exciting day of matches. So get your predictions down in the poll and comments. How will Group E finish and why? Do you think some teams will try something drastic? [...]

Scouting Ghana – It Wasn’t Easy

USMNT Assistant Coach Curt Onalfo talked with CNNSI about his scouting work on Ghana and some of the difficulties he encountered.

Make Sure You Have Two TVs

It didn’t hit me until just now, because I skimmed over the later part of the schedule. The USA v Ghana match is at the same time as the Czech Republic v Italy match. That makes things pretty intense for USA fans! Wherever you plan to watch the match, make sure it has two TVs! [...]

Wow – What A Bizarre Day. Good, But Bizarre

I want to send a shout out to Jarrett @ TriSoccerFan for putting together today’s World Cup Party at Cary’s Fox and Hound. Every wall with space on it had widescreen projection TVs – there was not a bad seat in the house. We packed the whole family in the van and headed out in [...]